SpeedStop locations begin offering lottery at pump

Paying for your gas at the pump has become fairly common. Now, at seven of 13 SpeedStop Gas & Goods locations in Central Minnesota, you also can play the lottery at the pump, too.

SpeedStop Gas & Goods has three locations in St. Cloud, one each in Sartell, Waite Park, Pierz and Pequot Lakes, that offer the Minnesota State Lottery's Play at the Pump option to purchase Powerball and Mega Millions tickets from the fueling islands.

Age is verified via the magnetic strip on the driver's license of a player and, as required by state law, only debit transactions are allowed. In order to ensure responsible play, the program limits players to $50 in lottery transactions per week.

Customers will receive a prompt at the pump as to whether they want "fuel only" or to purchase lottery tickets as they would a car wash voucher, for example. Since a majority of fuel customers don't come into a store, the partnership with SpeedStop Gas & Goods offers more sales opportunity for the lottery.